Hair curler



Feb 12, 1935. N. FULTON 1,991,147

HAIR CURLER Filed Aug. 11, 1933 4 She ets-Sheet l Nell Fultow, I

Feb. 12, 1935. EULTQN 1,991,147

HAIR CURLER Filed Aug. 11, 1933 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 I M11 Fulton/ N. FULTON HAIR CURLER Feb. 12, 1935.

4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Aug. 11, 1933 \IIIIIIIII, z I

Feb. 12, 1935. N. FULTON 1,991,147

HAIIR CURLER Filed Au 11, 1953 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Ema/WM I lVZZ Fuli'on,

Patented Feb. 12, 1935 UNITED STA-TESF t. i i i 1,991,147;

Quinn" CURLER: 1 u M "NellFultomNe w Y u N. Y. I Application August 11, -193s seria1 No. (i84,7 25.

V 11 Claims. (cine-38y i The present inventionrelates to hair curlers, .like or corre spon ding parts throughout-the sev-i TE T)O eJ-J f and has for an object to provide a hair curler with a body portionwhich maybe of flexible ma ,terial and also offmaterial' which may be destroyed, such as paper, and to provide the body portion .with a securing, rollingand holding device deteichably connected ftQjfihe body portion so thatithe latter may be readily substituted on the rollingdevice. l 1 v i v i The presentapplication Constitutes a continua- ;tion. in" part of my prior application serial No. 64L-9,028,'f i1ed December 27, 1.932, for a Hair curler. Another object of the presentinyention is to Q provide a-hairi curler which may be made of absorbent-material so as to assistin the drying of e V of the iolcledlcurler with the temporary holding the hair by absorbingmoisture therefrom.

- The invention further aims to provide a hair curler which may be used by professionaljhair :j dressers or for individual private use and wherein the flexible body portions may besupplied in: multipleQsuchas in pad form, and to-provide a bodyportion which may be produced. from a 1 single blank in one piece and provided with the necessary means not only of enclosing av lock of hair but also with the necessary cooperating means for the temporary attachment of therolling and holding device which is, used sothat these rolling or holding devices may Lbepurchased in relatively small quantities and used contin- "uously with any desired numberof flexible-body portions. 1

i The invention also provides improvedmeans for not. only rolling the fbody portions'with the lock of. hair therein, butalso of improved means for securing these devices temporarily to the '1 body portion and for subsequently securing :the

erenceto the side of the head:

1 Another and important object of this invention is toprovide a separable flexible body" part and rolling device and holder by use .of which the curler may be rolled, with a lock ofhair therein and held in rolled positionifor a, desired period;

of time to set the hair when the rolling and hold: ing device maybe removed by sliding it endwise from the rolled curler; the set hair and-bodypart having sufiicient stiffness to substantially: remain in rolled position. v The rolling device may be removed at any time after the rolling operation.

With the foregoing and other objects in View;

the invention will be'more fully describedhereinafter, and will be more particularlypointed out inthe claims appended hereto.-

. In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer inzopen position. Figure 9 is a perspective View of another moditheend of the'samef V a Figure 11 is. aside elevation of another modi- 15 15 of Figurel l,

eralviews,-p v p i 1 l Figure; 1 .is :a perspective View ofha hair curler l embodying the features'of the present invention and in the first position of application tomthe l'iairpthe dotted lines showing a lockof hair.

Figure 2 is a like view withthe curler in: an-

plied position ready for. rolling.-

- Figure 3'is adetail top edge viewofone form cf clamping or holding device for initiallylretaining the curler on the ihairduringrolling; i Figure 4 is. aperspective view. of the, acurler hair, the .view

device imposition thereon. V i

Figurefi is aperspective view' of a. slightly modifi d form of hair curler. 1 I Figure 'Zis a sectional view-taken through a hair curler showing a modified form of clamp applied thereto; I-

i Figure 8isa plan view ofithe c amp mm 7 fled form "of hair curler having. modified form or clamp applied thereto;

Figureili) is a transverse iied formof curler.-

:Figure 12 is an-edge view of the same.

section taken through Figure 131's a perspective view of the modified form shown in Figures 11'an'd12. v 1 v Figure 14 is a side elevation of another modified form of haircurler. Figure 15 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view" taken through thesame on i the line Figure 16 is a perspective viewlofi afurther modified form of the curler. L H

Figure 17 is alongitudinal sectiontherethrough on the line 17-17. V Figure 18: is a perspective View Of aIf HIthBT modified form of the curler, the dottedlines showing the blank in flatposition before bending.

of on'the line 19-.- -'l9.- u

Figure 20 is a perspective View of another modi- "fied iormci the curler, the dottedandfull lines showing the initial-and folded positions or the parts thereon Figure 19 is a lengitudinalsectional view there- Figure .21 is a fragmentary perspective. view 0f the upper end of a curler applied to the hair and showing a further modification of the curl er and the clamp.

Figure 22 is an upper edge viewof the same,

, Figure23 is an inner or nam n end view of the three arm clamp of Figure 21.

Referring now to the drawings, and first to the construction shown, in Figures 1 to 5, the hair curler comprises a body portion 25 which maybe of any suitable configuration and which is diselongated in one direction; thebody portion 25 has at one edge a. flap 26 preferably integral with the body portion and V of the wire maybe overturned against the rear which is proportioned to overlap to 'atleast a considerable extent against one side of said end of the body portion to enclose an interposed lock of hair 27, as shown to advantage "in Figures 2 and 4. The lower end of the'body {portion 25 is in the form of a tongue equipped with means,

"either integral or otherwise, for detachably engaging-a rolling andholding or retaining member 28. The member 28 may'be'in the form of a length "of wire of one or more strands suitably covered, and which is bendable with suflicient resistance to retain. its shape for use, as shown. The lower end 'of the body portion 25 is rolled a suitable number of times about the wire 28, and is then held thereto by. a spring clip 29 readily removable sci-that after use the 'body portion 25. maybe interchanged upon the wire 28.

ccording to the presen b nvention, means is provided for'initially clamping'the curler to the lock of hair 27 so that'the two hands may be employedfor rolling thecurler to thedesired tight ne'ss, the clamping meansbeing readilyremovable,

' so that when the curler is rolled up to the clamp the latter may be removed without disturbing the position .of the curler.

To carryout this feature of the invention, the.

body portion '25 may have a pair of transversely spaced apart slots 30 therein for the reception of aprong or jaw31 of a clamp, shown in detail 'in' Figure 3, so that the prong 31may be threaded through the slots 30 so as to lie against the outer side of the curler, while the'opposite prong'or V jaw 32 may engage acrossthe opposite outer side of the curler, as'shownin Figure 5. The prong.

31 which is not threaded through the curler is 'preferably'provided with a weight 33 on its outer end so as to balance the'weight of the handles 3a which are disposed on the inner end'of the clamp and pivotally connected together at 35.

With this form of'the invention, the clamp is held by'the handles 34 which are compressed so as to spread the prongs 31 and 32*into open or diverging position. The prong 31 is shorter than the prong'32, and is adapted to be threaded through the slots 30 in such wise as to engage across the back of 'the'body portion 25 near the upper end thereof. The curler maythus be supported, by the clamp andthe' latter manipulated with one hand to press the body portion 725' of the curler in placeagainst the rear side of thelockofhairl'Z'lL The fiapf26 is now folded over on thelock of hair, and the pressure on the handles 34 relieved so that the spring 36 of the clamp urges the prongs Bland 32 together to bind the folded body portion on the lock of hair'27. .The curler may thus hang from the lock of hair and is supportedthereby so that the rolling device 28 may be manipulated to roll L the curler up about and with the lock of hair.

fWhen the curler is rolled to its upper end, the clamp may be readily withdrawn by a slight pr '7 of a clamping member.

sure on the handles 34'and retracting the prong 31 from the slots 30.

The modification shown in Figure 6 comprises a body. portion 37 which may be in one piece. without flaps, and which may have slots 33 at side of the. body portion 37 to hold the latter folded, while the opposite freeend may project outwardly to provide a hand hold opposite to the 'handle 41; The body portion of all of the forms of this inventioninay be made of any-suitable material capable of beingrolled. They maybe made of paper which is absorbent so as toassist in drying the hair and also which maybe discarded orthrown away after each use becausetlie construction is such that the clamp *is detachable in connection with the form of Figures. In this instance, the clamp shown in detail in f'igu're 8, comprises a long. prong 42 which,in this instance,

may be threaded; through the slots 38,.f

Pivoted at43 on the inner'endoi the prong 42 '25 and also the rolling. andholding device is detachable, asshown at 28 and 405m Figures 1 and 6. In Figure 7, a modified formof clamp is'shown is an outer short prong 44, the latterhaving a spring tongue45 at its inner end adapted to'snap against 'the inner end of the'prong; 42 for yieldably holding the clamp in closed position The clamp is opened, as shown in Figure 8,"so that the short prong 44 serves as a handlefor positioning the long prong 42 in the slots 38. The short prong 44 is then merely'overturnedso that'it will snap against the opposite side'of the curler and clamp it in binding position.

In the modified form shown in Figures 9 and 19, the body'portion 460i the curler isprovided with spaced slots 47 near its upper end, and at one edgeh'as a fiap 48 adapted to 'be' overturned against the inner face of the body portion 46 to enclose a lock of hair. The flap'48 has a slot 49' therein. The lower end of thebody portion 46 has a pair'of slots 50 transversely spaced apart to detachably receive a rolling and holdingdevice. of any construction such as shown in Figure 6.

The clamp shown in Figures 9 and 10' comprises a pair of flat prongs 511and 52 which are prefer-'1 ably flared slightly at their outer ends, as at 53, for ease of insertion'in'the slots 47 and49. The inner ends of the prongs: 51 and 52 have overturned flanges 54 attheir longitudinal edges which bindu'pon'the oppositeedge portionsof a U-shaped flat spring 55 normally urged to expanded position, as shown in Figure 10, to hold the prongs 51 and 52 together.

The spring 55,alsointerconnebtsthe prongs and acts as'a substitute forthe usual pivot. Of course, any suitable construction of clamp may be used. The inner ends of the prongs 51 provide handles 56 by means of whichthe prongs maybe spread and supported. I S i In the form shown in Figures 11 and 12, the body portion 57 comprises merely a length of suitable materialoverturned upon itself toprovide two thicknesses or walls between which the lock of hair may. be engaged. One wall is provided 'with'a pair of transversely spaced apartslots58 which are offset in an edgewise direction with respect to correspondingly formed slots 59 provided able type of clamp. The lower end of the-body width than the other side. both sides of the curler are overturned upon them-. selves to provide heins 63, and the same are foreportion 57 may be provided with registering pairs of slots for detachably receiving the rollingand holding member as above described. The curler in Figures 11 and 12 is shown in partly open position for receiving a lock of hair and also in position for admitting of the quick and easy threading of the opposite prongs of the clamp through the "slots 58 and 59;. i 5

Figures 14 and 15 show another modifiedfo'rm.

of the curler wherein'the body portionfilis overturned upon itself to provide opposite sides of equal length. j l

:It will be noted that one side 52 is of greater The upper ends of shortened with respect tostepped edges'of' the side'sof the curler, as shown in Figure 14, and with their ends beveled or inclined asat Gite facilitate the insertion of the opposite-prongs of a suitable clamping device. The lower end of the body 61 may have slots 65 therein for detachably receiving a rolling and holding device.

A further modification of this invention is shown in Figures 16 and 17 wherein the body portion is overturned upon itself to provide along side 66 and a short side 67. The long side 66 may have slots 68 therein to receive a prong of a clamp, and the overturned lowerfend of the short side 67 of the body may haveispaced slots69 for detachably receiving therethrougha combine" rolling and holding device 70. I'he holding dcvice 70 maycomprise a single length of wire over- "turned upon itself and twisted to provide a handle 7 at its closed end. and a long prong or arm 71:

anda short prong or arm 72;: The long arm '71 is threaded throughcthe slots69, while the short arm'72 bears against the outer side of the body portion to assist in rolling the'same.

. Themodification'shown in Figures 18 and :19

embodies a body portion 73. provided with clamp" receiving slots 74 in its upper end andanoverturned slotted portion '75 at its lower end for detachably receiving a rolling iand holding device.

At one edge; the'body portion 73 has a flap 76 intermediate the ends of the body portion and which is adapted to be folded over against the outer side of the body portion 73 to engage a lock.

of hair therebetween. This flap 7 6 is preferably provided with outwardly tapering opposite edges 77 as shown in Figure 18. r

In the form shown in Figure 20, the body por-- tion '78 has-the upper clamp receiving slots 79 and. the lower slots 80 in its overturned portion .,to detachably receive the rolling and holding device. Intermediate the upper and lower ends of the body portion 78 is provided at its opposite lateral edges a pair of flaps 81 with outwardly converging edges 32, and which are arranged to substantially meet at the medial part of the body 78,.as shown in Figur'e 20. These flaps 81 against the bodyportion 78. p

' The modified construction illustrated in Figures 21, 22 and 23 is-adapted for use particularly with the body portion 83 of single thickness and which is unslotted, but providedwith a side adapted for engagement with a clamp. The clamp for are adapted to engage and hold alockof hair V use withthebody portion 83 comprises a central arm 84 and a rear arm 85 and a front arm 86. l The inner ends of the rear and front arms 85 and 86 are flared outwardly away from the inner end time -T j.

A combined spring" and supporting member 87 is-overturned upon itself andjengages the oppocooperate with the opposite handles one at a site sides of the central handle and is held thereto by overturned lugs or" flanges 88 ori the fcentral handle and at opposite sides thereof as shown.

The 0pposite-ends 'of'the spring member 87 are i held at an angle and lie against the inner faces of the short handles andare securedtheretotby overturned flanges 89.- Therear arm 85 has" preferably aroughened or milled inner face 90 adapted to engage" across the rear side of the body portion 83 of the curlerand preferably carries a weight 91 on'itsouter end tocounterbalance the weightof the handles. 'Thecentral or. middle jaw 84 is. normally urged by the spring member 87 toward the rear arm or jaw 85 and isadapted to clamp across the outer'face ofthe body portion 83' of the curler, so that thecurler is supported at its upper end between the rear and the outer side of the middle arm84 and the front arm or jaw 86 is then released so as to bind againstfthe lock of .hair and hold it in proper position against the body portion 83; When the lower end of the curler is rolled up to the clamp,

pressureis then exerted uponthe opposite small handles so as 'to spread therear and front jaws 85 and 86 'awayfrom the middle jaw 84.- The clamp maythusbe easily withdrawn both'from the lock of hair and the body. port-ion of thecurler. It is apparent that by engaging the thumb against the longhandle and aifinger againstythe rear short handle, the rear jaw 85 may be opened for receiving the body portion '83'of' the curler. The device may now be grasped by engaging the finger with the .middlehandle' and the thumb with the front jaw handle to compress the-ham dies and open the front jaw86. In thus holding the device, itmay he slipped in beneath the lock of hair 92 and with the front jaw at'the front of the lock of the hair. By releasing the front jaw handle the latter is now urged against the look of hair 92 for holding the device in suspended relation from the lock of hair.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the "details of construc tion and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modi ficationsbeing restricted only by the scope of the following claims:

What is claimed is:- i 1. A hair curler comprising a flexible body porbodyfportion for normally closing the same, said body portion'having slots in one wall thereof for receiving in threaded relation one of said jaws and the other jaw having a counterweight on its free end for counterbalancing the clamping memtion adapted, to be folded upon itself to encase' "a lock of? hair, a holding device having apair'of pivotally connectedspring pressedjaws adapted to be engaged against the, opposite sides of the 7 her on the curlenand a rolling device detachably one jaw. threaded therethrough, a counterweight device.)

a lock of hair, a holding device having a pair of connected jaws normally urged: toward each other and adapted to be engaged against opposite sides of the folded bodyportion near the upper end thereof for normally closing the same, said body portion having a slot in its wall for receiving on thefreeend of the other jaw, and a rolling device mounted on-the lower end oi the body portion for rollingthe same while held by the holding 3.;A hair curlerpcomprising a flexible body portion, a rolling device on the lower end of the body pOIIJlOILfOI rolling the same in the hair,

said body portion having openings in its upper end, and a yieldinghair clamp having opposed arms with one arm'shorter than the. other arm to facilitate threading of one arm through the openings in thebcdy portion ior'clampinghair thereto during the rolling operation.

- l/A, hair curler, comprising a flexible body 7 portion having openings in its upper end, and a clampingdevicezfor holding the upper endof the body portion. to thehair during rolling,'said clamping device having long and short clamping yarms to facilitate, threading one of the arms portion-having openings in its upper end, and;

portion adapted to be rolled from its lower end in the hair, a hair clamp having hingedly conthrough the openings in the body portion to retain the latter againstslipping during rolling.

5. Ajhair curler, comprising a flexible body 7 arms with a counterweight on the long arm, the

short arm adapted for threadedengagement in said openings of the body portion to hold the same against slipping during the rolling operation.

. 6. A hair curler, comprising a flexible body a clamping device for holding the upper end of the body portion to the hair during rolling, said clamping device having long and short arms pivotally connected'together and having diverging handles thereon beyond't-he pivot for spread;

*portion of the flexible body portion to suspend the latter from the clamp during adjustment of ing the arms and opening the clamping device, a counterweight on: the free end of the long arm, the short arm adapted to be threaded through the openings in the body portion to hold the clamp thereto.

7.,A hair curler, comprising a flexible body portion adapted to be rolledin clamping device having opposed arms to engage the opposite sides oi -the body portion and hold the same against a lock of hair, said body "portion having an opening therein spaced from the the hair, and aedge of the body portion to guide and facilitate the insertion of anarm of the clamping device in x 1 the opening.

8. A hair curler, comprising a' flexible body portion having opposite wall members adapted to engage the opposite sides of a lock of hair, a

wall member having an opening therein, and a clamping device having clamping arms adapted to engage the wall members to press the same against the lock of hair, an arm of the clamping device adapted to engage in said opening to faciliclamping arms are opened and to hold the body 7 portion to the clamp when open. 9. A hair curler, comprising a flexible bod portion having a wall adapted to engage a lock of hair and having an opening in the wall, and-a clamping device having a pair of clamping arms .movably connected together atone end, one arm adapted to. enga'geinthe opening of the body wall, said arms having supporting handles divergingfrom the connected ends of the arms and adapted to be squeezed together for releasing the arms from pressure on the flexible body.

16. A hair curler comprising a flexible body portion adapted to be rolled from its lower end in the hair and'having a threading structure at its upper end, and a hair clamp having hingedly connected arms for clamping the upper-lend oi the flexible body portion against the hair, an-arm of the clamp adapted to be threaded through said threading structure for suspending the flexible body portion from the 'clampand-prevent down- 1 nectedarms for clamping the upper end of the flexible body portion to the hair,'and means for separably. connecting the clamp to the upper end the curler to the hair and to hold the flexible body portion from slipping downwardly after the clamp is applied to the hair. 1 a NELL FULTON. 

